James LaRosa is a writer for Tennis Magazine who got his start at tennischannel.com in 2007. He brings the pain in his daily Slam blogs as well as his own weekly tennischannel.com column, LaRosa's Sweet Spot, an irreverent, humorous and sometimes libelous take on the world of tennis. Check back every Wednesday for your all-new dose of the Spot.

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Yes, I think it's a real friendship when they can insult each other and be for real and not break out in a fight. I actually enjoyed your interview with Lindsay and Corina, they do seem like real friends. But James, a little bit of geekiness did show through. However, you're excused. That's the way I acted when Pete Samprqas came to our town to play an exhibition match with Todd Martin last year! I actually tried to hold a loud conversation with him while he was playing!

I agree James about the whole friends thing. I was always a better player than my sister but to keep the peace, I never beat her as bad as my other opponents. I think you can say the same about Venus and Serena. I think there's a lot of repressed "hatred" there. A friend of mine says she once read Serena's lips during a match with Vebnus and she called her the b-word! And if sisters have a hard time maintaining friendship it must be doubly difficult for mere acquaintances.

GOAT SCMOAT! I insist that there will always be a small herd of GOATS!....Poor Pete Sampras, inundated byt the same questions over and over. So now we know who is wearing Rafa's old Muscle shirts!!! Pete Sampras! And in Haloween colors.oo ooo!

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